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The Upside Down World is the long time blog and now a newly published book by Rebecca Trotter, a mom, Christian, writer, thinker and odd duck. 

In a world with so much noise and so many voices trying be heard, Rebecca stands out for her insight, wisdom, and quirky take on life, religion and the business of being a human being. 

Part memoir, part meditation, part poetry, part storytelling and art and essay all mixed together. The Upside Down World ~ A Book of Wisdom in Progress is a deceptively easy read that will stick with you long after you’ve put it down.

Fom the Prologue:

Wisdom calls out in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares; at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; in the gateways of the city she makes her speech. – Proverbs 1:20-21

I have discovered that in order to find the great secrets of life we must follow the process of learning as far as we can take it. Every truth we can know is topped by a bigger and better truth. Mankind has been playing with wisdom like a child playing in a parked car who when asked what they are doing replies, “I’m driving.” It’s time to stop pretending, put the keys in the ignition and go for a ride to see what there is to see and where there is to go. – Rebecca Trotter

The Upside Down World is the culmination of over a decade of my life’s work writing, living and learning.  In it you will find essays, stories, poetry, quotes, art work and more.

For years I have written.  For years, I have dreamt of creating something meaningful with my writing that I could be proud of and which would pass the test of time.  Would it be a book of poetry?  A spiritual memoir?  A book of essays?  A blog that people love?  Would what I wrote be humor, instruction, story-telling?

I didn’t know, but I couldn’t be quiet so I wrote and wrote.  Trying a bit of this and a bit of that and then seeing if I could mix them together.  Of course, this work pattern made me a jack of all trades and master of none.

Then I remembered the gift I had asked for long ago.  I had heard the proclamation of Proverbs 4:

Get wisdom, get understanding . . .Do not forsake wisdom and she will protect you; love her and she will watch over you.  Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom.  Though it cost you all you have, get understanding. ~ Psalm 4:5,6-7

So I asked God for wisdom.  Writing was just a tool I used to learn my real gift.  The real gift that God has given me is wisdom.  And what I have created is exactly what wisdom creates: pieces to be understood, fit together, moved and played with.

Wisdom is beautiful, but doesn’t make beautiful things –it shows us how to make more beautiful things.  It teaches you how to see beautiful things and then how to use them as instructions or material or fodder for other beautiful things.

So, this is a book that wisdom created.  It is wisdom’s child – a work in progress with the seams and preparations and trials and errors all showing.  It’s never complete.  It can all be summed up in a few words which then need to be unpacked and taken apart so the methods can be re-created and used elsewhere to make other beautiful things.

From the prologue to The Upside Down World. Available for sale on amazon.  Copyright 2011 R. Trotter